What main idea would be described by these headlines?
1. “Massive Factory Fire Kills 150”
2. “2 Million Child Workers”
3. “Pullman Cuts Wages”
4. “Carnegie Buys New Machines- Jobs Loss”
(1 point)
Responses
the need for labor unions
the need for labor unions
Social Darwinism
Social Darwinism
the need for strikebreakers
the need for labor rights and fair working conditions
Which titan is correctly matched with his industry?(1 point)
Responses
John D. Rockefeller > Banking
John D. Rockefeller > Banking
John Sherman > Oil
John Sherman > Oil
Andrew Carnegie > Steel
Andrew Carnegie > Steel
Andrew Carnegie > Steel
Question
Why did Southern states use poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses as Reconstruction came to an end?(1 point)
Responses
to keep African Americans from voting
to keep African Americans from voting
to keep poor white Southerners from voting
to keep poor white Southerners from voting
to maintain Republican control of state governments
to keep African Americans from voting
Radical Republicans had two main goals. First, they wanted to break the power of wealthy planters who had long ruled the South. Second, they wanted to ensure that freedmen received the right to vote. They used legislative reforms, or changes in laws, to achieve their goals.
Which of the following is an example of how Radical Republicans sought to achieve their goals?(1 point)
Responses
ensuring that African Americans could outvote their former owners
ensuring that African Americans could outvote their former owners
developing a speedy process to readmit southern states
developing a speedy process to readmit southern states
working to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment
working to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment
In the text, you read this about the development of railroads:
Although railroads caused certain problems, they also made possible the rapid growth of industry after 1865. Building rail lines created thousands of jobs. Steelworkers turned millions of tons of iron into steel for tracks and engines. Lumberjacks cut down whole forests to supply wood for railroad ties. Miners sweated in dusty mine shafts digging coal to fuel railroad engines. The railroad companies themselves employed thousands of workers. They laid tracks, built trestles across rivers, carved tunnels through mountains, and built countless railroad stations.
The large railroads also pioneered new ways of managing business. Rail companies created special departments for shipping and accounting and for servicing equipment. Expert managers headed each department, while chains of command ensured that the organization ran smoothly. Other big businesses soon copied these management techniques.
Use the passage to answer the question.
Why would it be important for railroads to use strong management techniques?
(1 point)
Responses
to create more growth in other industries
to create more growth in other industries
to continue to employ thousands of people
to continue to employ thousands of people
to ensure a complex business ran smoothly
to ensure a complex business ran smoothly
Which factor most likely caused a decline in Grange membership?(1 point)
Responses
wheat prices declined
wheat prices declined
variances in freight costs
variances in freight costs
spikes in railroad prices